John Rutter
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
John Rutter
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Organ
- Optional Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB), Organ and Community
- Composer John Rutter
- Series The Cambridge Singers Hymn Series
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Order no. 9780193416529
Description:
For SATB (with divisions) and organ, with optional congregation.
Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams' precedent in setting this text from the 4th-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusalem to a French carol melody. The result is a hymn which is by turn haunting and powerful, with a modal tonality evoking the sound-world of plainchant.
Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams' precedent in setting this text from the 4th-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusalem to a French carol melody. The result is a hymn which is by turn haunting and powerful, with a modal tonality evoking the sound-world of plainchant.